World Record Title: The most arid desert: Atacama Desert
World Record Creator: Atacama Desert
World Record Holder: Atacama Desert
World Record Fields: The most arid desert
World Record Rules: The most arid desert
World Record Number: 20120500018
World Record Validity Period: Until the world record was broken.
World Record Witness: Carrying the Flag World Records certifier 008
World Records Source: World record database of Carrying the Flag
Awarding Certificate Date: May 8, 2012
World Record Details：

       The driest deserts: Atacama Desert. Atacama desert (Atacama Desert), is a desert area in central west coast of South America, between the Andes and the Pacific, stretching about 600 miles north-south (nearly 1,000 kilometers), with a total area of ​​approximately 70,000 square miles (181,300 square kilometers), the main territory of Chile, as well as some in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Between latitude 18 ° ~ 28 ° between the north and south about 1100 km from the coast to the eastern foothills of the width of more than 100 km. In the subtropical high pressure belt downdraft, offshore wind and Peru under the combined effect of cold, making the area into one of the world's driest regions, and in the West Bank, tropical dry continental climate type has a distinct uniqueness, forming a coastal, longitudinal narrow desert belt.